The Handmaiden

Synopsis

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

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Cast

Kim Min-hee

Lady Hideko

Kim Tae-ri

Sook-hee

Ha Jung-woo

Count Fujiwara

Cho Jin-woong

Uncle Kouzuki

Kim Hae-sook

Ms. Sasaki

Moon So-ri

Hideko's Aunt

Lee Yong-nyeo

Bok-soon

Kwak Eun-jin

Kkeut-dan

Lee Dong-hwi

Goo-gai

Jo Eun-hyung

Young Hideko

Rina Takagi

Hideko's Mother

Han Ha-na

Junko

Lee Kyu-jung

Maid 1

Kim See-eun

Maid 2

Ha Si-yeon

Maid 3

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Kim Eun-yeong

Maid 4

Jeong Ha-dam

Maid 5

Yoo Min-chae

Ggeut-dan

Won Geun-hee

Butler

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Kim Jong-dae

Mansion Driver

Crew

Art

• Lee Eun-jin Set Designer
• Kwon Soo-yeon Set Decoration
• Shin Bo-ra Props
• Yoon Sung-hye Art Direction
• Christian Thanh Nguyen Graphic Designer
• Lee Gi-seok Set Decoration
• Ryu Seong-hie Production Design
• Park Choul-yong Special Props

Camera

• Hong Eue-su Grip
• Kim Yong-seong Camera Operator
• Jung Il-seo Key Grip
• Chung Chung-hoon Director of Photography
• Danny Park Assistant Camera
• Lee Jae-hyeok Still Photographer
• Matthew Bulleri Key Grip

Costume & Make-Up

• Lee Hee-eun Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Cho Sang-kyung Costume Design
• Song Jong-hee Makeup & Hair
• Kim Ka-ryoon Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Kwak Tae-yong Special Effects Makeup Artist

Crew

• Song Min-seok Stunts
• Kai Engel Additional Music
• Jan Morgenstern Additional Music
• Yoo Sang-seob Fight Choreographer
• Park Min-su CGI Supervisor

Directing

• Shinsuke Fujimoto Assistant Director
• Bae Seon-ok Assistant Director
• Park Chan-wook Director
• Lee Ja-hye Assistant Director Trainee

Editing

• Kim Sang-bum Editor
• Kim Jae-beom Editor
• Ryan McKeague Digital Intermediate
• Emily Eddey Digital Intermediate

Lighting

• Kang Chang-bae Lighting Artist
• Bae Il-hyuck Lighting Director

Production

• Jeong Tae-sung Co-Executive Producer
• Kim Kyeong-taek Production Supervisor
• Kumiko Hosokawa Casting Associate
• Jay Lee Associate Producer
• Yoon Suk-chan Co-Producer
• Miky Lee Executive Producer
• Jeong Won-jo Co-Producer
• Kim Jong-dae Co-Producer
• Yoon Seo-young Line Producer
• Syd Lim Producer
• Park Chan-wook Executive Producer

Sound

• Jung Gun Production Sound Mixer
• Cho Young-wuk Original Music Composer
• Cho Min-kyung Dialogue Editor
• Kim Eun-jung Foley Artist
• Fabrizio Cheloni Sound
• Kim Eun-jung Foley Editor
• Tom Russbueldt Sound Recordist
• Moon Chul-woo Supervising Sound Editor
• Hong Yoon-sung Dialogue Editor
• Lee Jung-ho Sound Effects Editor
• Kim Suk-won Sound
• Choi Eun-ah Supervising Dialogue Editor

Visual Effects

• Yoon Hyung-tae Special Effects Supervisor
• Jung Do-ahn Special Effects Supervisor
• Cho Yong-seok VFX Supervisor
• Kim Tae-eui Special Effects Supervisor
• Shon Byeong-su VFX Artist
• Jo Gyeong-hun VFX Artist
• Lee Jeon-hyoung Visual Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Park Chan-wook Writer
• Chung Seo-kyung Writer
• Sarah Waters Novel

Photos